Thyroid Center
Daerim Saint Mary's Hospital Thyroid Center has a multidisciplinary team of thyroid surgery, endocrinology, radiology, nuclear medicine, pathology and more. Our multidisciplinary treatment is rapid and flexible. At the Center, we have four dedicated iodine therapy rooms all equipped with cutting-edge systems. Our facilities and equipment are on a par with those you can find at prestigious university hospitals.
Multidisciplinary Network
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Tumors can be destroyed without surgery and scars. So far, we have treated the patients from 15 countries including the U.S., China, the U.K., Canada, Japan, and Russia. We have performed this therapy for 3,799 times between 2005 and 2015.
- Thyroid Cancer Surgery
- We have performed minimally invasive endoscopic surgery 5,693 times between 2005 and 2015.
- Gun Biopsy
- Gun biopsy is very accurate and safe. It doesn’t have disadvantages of fine needle biopsy.
- One-stop Service
- In principle, patients are examined and tested on a single visit.
- Iodine Therapy Rooms
- We have four dedicated rooms with the latest facilities to treat patients with thyroid cancer.
- Nuclear Medicine
- We perform the best nuclear medicine treatment with state-of-the-art systems.
- Medication and
Obesity Management - We provide drug therapy for hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Weight gain issues due to the conditions are also treated.
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Jin Yong Sung, Director
- Degree
- Hanyang University College of Medicine / MD
- Residency
- Department of Radiology, Hanyang University Seoul Hospital
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Dong Whan Choi, MD
- Degrees
- College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea / MD, MS, PhD
- Residency
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea
- Experience
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Chief of Surgery, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital 215
Assistant Professor of Surgery, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea Chief of Surgery, Dongshin Hospital
Adjunct Professor of Surgery, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea
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Nam Seop Lee, MD
- Degree
- Chonbuk National University Medical School / MD
- Internship
- Catholic Medical Center
- Residency
- Department of Surgery, Catholic Medical Center
- Fellowship
- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital
- Experience
- Chief of Surgery, Pohang St. Mary’s Hospital
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Sae Jeong Yang, MD
- Degrees
- Korea University School of Medicine / MD, MS, PhD
- Residency
- Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Medical Center
- Fellowship
- Department of Endocrinology, Korea University Guro Hospital
- Certification
- Diabetes educator
Thyroid Ultrasonography
We have the latest models of Philips’ and Toshiba’s ultrasound systems.
Thyroid Biopsy
We have the latest model of ACECUT biopsy systems.
64-channel MDCT
We are equipped with Toshiba’s Aquilion 64-channel CT scanner, which is the best CT scanner in the market and widely used by world-renowned hospitals including the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Harvard-affiliated hospitals.
Gamma Camera
At the Center, we use a cutting-edge top-performing gamma camera system which is capable of SPECT for whole-body diagnostic imaging
Radiofrequency Ablation
Radiofrequency ablation is a procedure that destroys tumors with heat. Daerim St. Mary’s Hospital applied it for thyroid cancer for the first time in the world and has treated the most patients of thyroid cancer with this procedure. At the Center, we have the devices from STARmed.
We have four rooms dedicated to iodine therapy which is essential to treat thyroid cancer as well as facilities of prestigious university hospitals.
The Thyroid Center won the Medical Korea Award for thyroid cancer care from 2010 to 2014 and the Health Chosun Medical & Healthcare Industry Award in 2013 for medical internationalization. The Center is visited by patients not only from South Korea but also from abroad such as China, Japan, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Mongolia. At the Center, we will continue strengthening our expertise as well as our post-treatment care program to reduce recurrences. We also run an education program for our patients and their families to facilitate their recovery after surgery.
- Contact us for Appointments :
- Coordinator Kyung-Ok Kim (+82-2-829-9361)
- Fax :
- +82-2-829-9166
- Email :
- kko711@drh.co.kr